Shade-bracket



W. S.- GASTON;v

SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1918.

1 ,359,352. Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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i WALTER S. GASTOLLOF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

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that the shade will be supported to extend beyond the sides of the sashand overlie the window frame to exclude the entrance of light or preventobservation without, the bracket and the shade carried thereby beingadapted to be moved up and down with the upper sash, so that when theupper sash is lowered to give ventilation, the shade will be loweredtherewith so as to prevent the shade from being blown by the wind and atthe same time permitted to shade the lower portion of the window.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fullydescribed hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claimappended hereto.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisapplication, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window showing my improved shadebracket applied thereto,

7 Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the brackets attachedto a portion of the upper sash, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view showin the bracket in plan.

Tieferring to the drawings in detail, there is shown a window frame 10having the usual sill 11, side portions 12 and top portion 13. with theusual outer beading 14, the parting strips 15 and the inner beading 16accommodating the upper and outer sash 17 and the lower or inner sash18. 1

In accordancewith this invention, instead of mounting the usual shadebrackets upon the side portions 10 of the window frame adjacent to thetop thereof, I provide the brackets shown indicated at 19,

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 16 Application filed June17,1918. Serial No. 240,404.' I

The window frame is provided and mount the same on the side portions ofthe upper or outer sash l7 so as to accommodate the shade rollerandshade 20. The

brackets are preferably made of metal, such metal being of sufiicientsize and strength to hold the window shade roller firmly, and suitablyfinished. Each bracket comprises a horizontal portion 21 curved inwardlyso as to produce a transversely arranged aper tured portion 22 toreceive a screw or securmg or fastening means 23 therethrough: forconnecting the bracket to the upper sash 17 adjacent to the inner edgeof the side portion of the latter and also at the upper edge thereof.The horizontal portion or arm 21 is curved forwardly and outwardly, thefree or outer end thereof extending in a plane parallel to the portion22 as shown at 2% and provided at its free end with a ,forwardlyprojecting roller receiving plate part 25. The brackets overlie thewindow frame so that when the ends of the shade roller are engaged inthe brackets, the shade will also overlie the window frame at oppositesides and one of the bracket plates 25 is provided with an aperture andthe other with a slot to accommodate the usual ends of the roller.

In order to brace these brackets, the portion 21 is provided with aninclined or downwardly extendingdiagonal brace portion 26 extending fromthe juncture of the parts 21 and 24: and having a depending attachingportion 27 apertured for securing it to the side portion 17 of thewindow frame adjacent to the outer edge thereof as shown at-'28, as isclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The roller engaging portions 25are positioned a suflicient distance from the sash and window frame toaccommodate the shade when wound upon the roller and in order to preventthe lower sash from striking the bracket when raised to its upwardlimit, slots 29 are provided in the upper edge of the lower sash in eachside portion 18, said slots being cut on an incline or' beveled at theback or outer portion thereof so as to accommodate the inclined portions26 therein when the lower sash is raised and also prevent the lower sashfrom striking the bracket.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding ofthe construction, operation and advantages of my invention may be pmaterial cut and "sha ed to provide triple hadi'and while I have shownand described the device as embodying a specific structure,

I desire that it be understood Lthatisuch.

changes may be made in said structure as do not depart from the spiritand scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, 7 what I clalm as new and deslre tosecure,

byLetters Patent, is p A window shade bracket comprising a unitarymember, formed of a single piece of arms, the uppermostarms beingbentangularly with respect to each other in the same horl'zonta-l'planeto. one another; one of the upper arms beingfor'med with a fastenerrecelvlng termlna the other upper arm being formed with a-shade rollerbearing at right angles to, and considerably in advance WALTER. s;GASTON

